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Why? Humans first migrated out of Africa at least 100,000 years ago, which would give plenty of time to reach Australia by 65,000 years ago. The technology to b
by fdej 9y ago
Why? Humans first migrated out of Africa at least 100,000 years ago, which would give plenty of time to reach Australia by 65,000 years ago. The technology to build boats or rafts could easily have been forgotten over thousands of years if seafaring was not crucial to surviving on the new continent.
- nikbackm 9y agoWasn't the sea levels lower at that time as well?
- dalbasal 9y agoIt was, but never low enough to make it the whole way without boats. There's a line called the "Wallace Line," dividing distinct ecological regions of flora and fauna. No matter when migration happened, they would have needed to cross seas.